watching different sky channel in other room

bushranger31

hi folks im after some kind of device that enable me to watch sky in other rooms in the house, i wanted to watch one channel whilst the kids watch another as we are always fighting over the remote :mad: .THE device has to be simple to use and cheap as im not prepared to get sky multiroom as they get enough money out of me already!!!

moonrakerz

IF there was such a device do you think Murdoch would be flogging Multiroom ?????

Thrifty_sister_2

you will just have to do lots of tapeing when the kids are not watchin the TV. Then you have somthing at least to watch in the other room

Jakejakejake

Call sky and threaten to cancel your subscribtion (make sure to mention Freeview) and they may offer you a discount

bushranger31

does the digi sender works with sky

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

bushranger31 wrote:

does the digi sender works with sky

Yes it will, but it only transmits the same channel you're watching. No Sky box at the moment outputs 2 different channels, they just have 2 outputs with the same channel.

As mentioned above, the only way with Sky to watch 2 different channels in 2 different rooms is to get Multiroom i.e. another box and an extra £10/month subs.

astonsmummy

sorry to hjack the thread but is there one of these devices that can be used for telewest caable so i can watch the telly in bed, not bothered about the same channel thing as i have no children old enough to fight with x

MajorR

what if you was to use a coaxial splitter on the cable from the dish, the having 2 cables (1toskybox,1tofreeview) at least you can watch a freeview channel of your choice. would this work??

http://image.bizrate.co.uk/resize?sq=160&uid=418052321&mid=130364

jem16

It won't work I'm afraid. You need to have a totally separate feed from the dish for each box.

emma0787

astonsmummy wrote:

sorry to hjack the thread but is there one of these devices that can be used for telewest caable so i can watch the telly in bed, not bothered about the same channel thing as i have no children old enough to fight with x

You can buy an arial transmitter device from an electrical retailer such as currys or comet, the prices vary from about £30 - £50 but they all do the same thing!

Zagu

astonsmummy wrote:

sorry to hjack the thread but is there one of these devices that can be used for telewest caable so i can watch the telly in bed, not bothered about the same channel thing as i have no children old enough to fight with x

I use one of these.

http://www.letsautomate.com/10773.cfm

Get yourself an additional remote (Ebay?) and you can change channel too.


As for the OP, you could install a quad LNB and run a cable to the other room into a cheap Sky box, which would let you watch the free channels, but not the subscription ones. As has been said, if you want paid for subscription channels on both rooms, Multiroom is the only option.